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- Title
Adoption, Family Ideology, and Social Stigma: Bias in Community Attitudes, Adoption Research, and Practice.
- Authors
Wegar, Katarina
- Abstract
This article explores the impact of the dominant North American genetic family ideal on community attitudes toward adoption, on adoption research, and on the beliefs and attitudes of adoption case workers. It examines how the .failure to recognize the stigmatized social position of adoptive families has shaped not only current public opinion about adoption, but adoption research and practice as well. In conclusion, the article offers suggestions for erasing negative bias from adoption research and practice.
- Subjects
NORTH America; ADOPTION; SIBLINGS; FAMILIES; SPECIAL needs adoption; SOCIAL structure
- Publication
Family Relations, 2000, Vol 49, Issue 4, p363
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00363.x